Show App Icon in View with Opened Apps on Android - android

i created a new Project with Android Studio, created a new Image Asset of the App Icon. The Icons have been saved in the mipmap folders, not as i'm used to in the drawables.
Now ia can use the App Icon as my Icon in the ActionBar etc. but when i open the view on my Smartphone which shows all running programs (dont know how this View is called) it uses the standars Android Icon, not the Icon i set.
How can i make sure that it uses my App Icon everywhere?
My AndroidManifest:
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label=" Pentle" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>

Make sure you set the new icon in your Manifest in the <Applicaton> tag.
It should be something like this
<Application
android:icon="#drawable/your_image"
.... />

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<application
android:name="main.app.misc.MainApplication"
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android:hardwareAccelerated="false"
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android:label="#string/demo_appName"
android:largeHeap="true"
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android:configChanges="locale|orientation|screenSize"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:theme="#android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" >
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you can change your app in manifest file..
<application
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher" //---- here--put your new icon in drawable folders and change it here
android:label="#string/app_name" // same thing.. change your app name in string.xml file.. then, here app name will change automatically....
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name=".ui.MainActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_main" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
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<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
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Missing App Title under App Icon on Device

I have installed the Android App on which I am currently working on my ASUS tablet, running 4.0.3
However, I must have accidentally deleted something in the Manifest.xml, because there is no words below the app icon. In other words, the app name is not appearing below the app icon on my device, and, as such, it is sorted in the All Apps screen in the wrong place.
Here is the relevant section of my manifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="tra.games.mytaboo"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.2.1" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="8"
android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="Taboo"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
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What am I missing?
Tim, Label of your launcher activity will be displayed.
<activity
android:label="Taboo"
android:icon="#drawable/icon"
android:name=".activity.LaunchrActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"></action>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"></category>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html#label
<activity
android:label="Your Name" <---- here name!
android:icon="#drawable/icon"
android:name=".activity.LoginActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"></action>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"></category>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
You could call the setTitle() function from within your Activity. It takes either an int (resource ID) or a CharSequence as a parameter.
You have missed android:label property. which is set your application name under the icon
android:label="#string/app_name"
Here I have set to load app name from string.xml file.
You can set it directly like this too
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In AndroidManifest.xml, the application tag has:
android:label="#string/app_name"
and app_name in res/values/strings.xml reads "My App".
But after running or debugging on both the emulator and an attached device, the app icon on the home screen displays the main activity's label instead of the app label. Is this expected behavior, and if not why might it be happening?
Yes it is Expected behavior. The app name will be seen in the applications tab in settings. The main screen displays the launcher activity's label.
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For example:
<application
android:name=".MyApp"
android:icon="#drawable/myIcon"
android:label="#string/app_name">
A workaround for this behaviour:
In manifest:
<application
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="#mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme">
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
In MainActivity's onCreate:
getSupportActionBar().setTitle(R.string.activity_name);
By doing this, the app name will appear on home screen, and you can still have a different title for your launcher activity.
People see here, I got the same issue and finally resolve it.
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So one want show Application labe rather than MainActivity's, he should delete the line:
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_main"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<intent-filter android:label="#string/app_name" >
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
delete this:
android:label="#string/title_activity_main"

Android Marketplace icon

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https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/application-element.html#icon
https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html#icon
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// app-wide, incl. Android Market
<application
android:icon="#drawable/icon"
android:label="#string/app_name"
>
// launcher only
<activity android:name=".activity.Launcher"
android:label="#string/launcher_title"
android:icon="#drawable/launcher_icon"
>
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>

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